War and Justice in the 21st Century: A Case Study on the International Criminal Court and its Interaction with the War on Terror

This is the inside story of the International Criminal Court, one of the most innovative international institutions, from the unique perspective of its first Chief Prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo.Moreno Ocampo received the unprecedented mandate to trigger the International Criminal Court's investigation into sovereign states in June 2003, just three months after the Iraq invasion.At the time, there were serious doubts about the ICC's viability.By 2012, the end of his tenure, the future of the ICC was no longer at risk.However, as Moreno Ocampo's experiences have shown, what was and still is up for debate is the Rome Statute's ability to "contribute to the prevention" of future crimes.The implementation of the Rome Statute has coincided with the War on Terror.The international criminal justice system that protects the rights of victims and suspects clashes with the US policy authorizing the killing abroad of individuals considered enemy combatants.Legal designs are literally a matter of